Matched properties of the MaNGIA sample. Left panel: Distribution of mass and effective radius (M_* − R_e plane) of the TNG galaxies in the matched sample, colour-coded by redshift. The black contours indicate the density of galaxies in the MaNGA M_* − R_e plane. Right panel: Mass vs. redshift of the TNG galaxies in the matched sample. The colour-coding indicates the MaNGA subsamples: galaxies in the Primary sample in red, Secondary sample in blue, and Color-Enhanced sample in yellow. The contours show the distribution of the MaNGA galaxies in the plane.